There was something undeniably incongruous about Raincoast Books laying off two of its editors and scaling back the size of its publishing program just a few weeks before the latest Harry Potter book was to ... Read More »

When the Department of Canadian Heritage issued an exhaustive survey on the reading habits of Canadians in June, it was eager to trumpet the fact that 87% of Canadians are “readers of books for pleasure.” ... Read More »

During an information session at BookExpo Canada, BookNet Canada president Michael Tamblyn cheerily announced that preparations were going well for the launch of the long-awaited sales data analysis system. Though the launch date had to ... Read More »

The Governor General’s Literary Awards will get a glitzy facelift this fall, designed to boost awareness of the longstanding prizes in a burgeoning Canadian book awards landscape. For the first time ever, the shortlists will ... Read More »

One of the first-time attendees at BookExpo America in June was Alana Wilcox, editor-in-chief of Coach House Books. The Toronto indie press has been paying more attention to the U.S. market of late, and one ... Read More »

HarperCollins Canada is making major additions – eight, in total – to its staff, including three newly created positions.H.B. Fenn and Company’s director of field sales, Leo MacDonald, will be joining Monday in the new ... Read More »

Don LePan, the founder and former president of Calgary-based Broadview Press, has resigned from the executive of the Book Publishers Association of Alberta, in the hopes of drawing attention to the provincial government’s “complete lack ... Read More »

Nova Scotia publishers broke off talks with the provincial government last week, claiming the government’s proposed funding increase is insufficient.Last year, the province’s 14 publishers received a collective $86,000. This year, they had hoped to ... Read More »

Everyone should learn grammar in school. That’s what we grammar nuts tell anyone who will listen. We start to lose steam, however, when people ask why. Well, how about this for a reason: our economic ... Read More »

The wail went up around literary Montreal in early May: “What are we going to do without the Double Hook, without Judy Mappin?” After more than 30 years of selling Canadian books, Mappin announced that ... Read More »